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United  States  Department  of  Agriculture 

BUREAU  OF  BIOLOGICAL  SURVEY 

B.  W.  Nelson,  Chief  of  Bureau. 


SERVICE  AND  REGULATORY  ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


IMPORTATION  OF  QUAIL  FROM  NORTHEASTERN  MEXICO. 

NOTICE   REGARDING   PERMITS. 

Under  authority  of  law,  notice  is  hereby  given  that,  until  further 
order,  permits  issued  or  which  may  be  issued  under  the  "  Regulations 
Governing  the  Importation  of  Quail  into  the  United  States  from 
Northeastern  Mexico,"  approved  and  effective  November  13,  1916, 
will  authorize  the  entry  of  such  quail  only  between  November  15 
and  March  31  of  the  following  year,  inclusive. 

In  order  to  reduce  the  danger  of  introduction  of  quail  diseases, 
applicants  will  be  required  to  show  that  they  are  qualified  to  handle 
quail  in  captivity  and  are  prepared  to  care  for  them  under  approved 
sanitary  conditions  during  the  period  of  quarantine.  The  right  is 
reserved  to  issue  permits  only  to  those  who  are  properly  qualified 
and  have  facilities  to  care  for  the  birds  in  accordance  with  the  regu- 
lations. 

D.  F.  Houston, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 

Washington,  D.  C.,  September  18, 1919, 


AMENDMENT  TO  THE  REGULATIONS  GOVERNING  THE  IMPORTATION  OF  QUAIL 
FROM  NORTHEASTERN  MEXICO. 

Effective  November  15,  1919,  Brownsville,  Tex.,  is  hereby  desig- 
nated as  a  port  of  entry  for  quail  from  Northeastern  Mexico,  in 
addition  to  the  ports  of  Eagle  Pass,  Tex.;  Laredo,  Tex.;  and  New 
York,  N.  Y.,  designated  by  regulation  2  of  the  "  Regulations  Gov- 
erning the  Importation  of  Quail  into  the  United  States  from  North- 
eastern Mexico."  and  amendments,  adopted  and  approved  Novem- 
ber 13,  1916,  and  issued  as  Service  and  Regulatory  Announcements, 
Biological  Survey,  13,  on  November  20,  1916. 

Quail  from  Northeastern  Mexico  will  be  admitted  at  Brownsville, 
Tex.,  under jxml^-^^r^^^^\^[^M  the  provisions,  conditions, 
and  requiremen^sa^Lfn^^  of  November  13,  1916. 

_---  Carter  Glass, 

Secretary  of  the  Treasury, 
D.  F.  Houston. 
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